I went to my first Zippercut.com hosted party at the Royal-T Cafe in Culver City. As I expected, it turned out to be a pretty fabulous event, albeit the place got a little crowded! Which is a sign of a successful party, of course. I had to miss the Bob Baker show, unfortunately, because there was no way of penetrating the crowd at the back of the restaurant by the time I arrived.

Of course, the usual creative group of ladies were present, like Michelle aka chubby bunny (she sells hand made bows which are available at Royal-T! Super cute!), who created her entire outfit from scratch.

Jenny, from what I’ve heard, made her entire costume in ONE day! Below is a photo of her with Julie (aka smiley squid) who is a dress making extra-ordinaire. They both looked super-gorgeous that night.

Sheyne’s monkey box was a big hit that night! She even had a bear on drums, which became my favorite that night (though sadly, I didn’t get a photo of it!)

In other words, if you want to meet and mingle with some of the most creative people in town, you can definitely find them at the next themed party at Royal-T.

My department at work were given gift certificates for a session of indoor skydiving via iFly Hollywood at Universal City Walk! It is basically a skydive stimulation without the risk of jumping off an airplane and having a parachute mishap…

It’s kind of an experience to have– it wasn’t an easy thing to get used to for me! In fact, even after going twice inside the man-made wind tunnel, I can’t say I’ll be doing somersaults any time soon while “floating” in air. The blast of air inside the tunnel is pretty nuts and trying to control your body while afloat is even more nuts!

Our more athletic co-worker had the best form in the end, while the slobs like myself had a harder time. It was definitely all about body formation, and the smallest thing can change the way you are floating around. I hit that glass wall a few times, I will admit! In otherwise, I totally sucked at it.

But hey, it’s kind of neat, kind of a nerdy thing to finally experience what it’s like to fly– or in my case, get thrown around by really strong wind… ha! At least they know how to capture your better moments on film!

This past Saturday, Royal-T Cafe hosted a Alice in Wonderland themed event, which mostly catered to the lolita and doll collectors subcultures. My friend and I went to check it out to take loads of photos and eat some delicious food!

I love, love, loooooooove the food at this restaurant!!! I also highly recommend their great selection of tea, especially their Royal Milk Tea. The Royal-T High Tea set is a good choice for people who are eating here for the first time. It has a selection of finger food and samples of most of the desserts! Plus, your choice of tea, of course. We ordered the “Queen’s High Tea” set, which was a special for this particular event. I thought the addition of the cupcake on top was pretty fun.

…not THE red carpet, but just a red carpet. Still. Plenty of rick folks walked on that carpet. I just happened to take a photo when everyone else has gone.

Did volunteer work for Cinema City International Film Festival for their Oscar event and had an excuse to get all dressed up! Also, Slumdog Millionaire took home most of the awards that night, as we all know. Which is cool, because that’s the only movie I saw from all the Academy Awards nominees. Yikes! I’m way behind! Save me, Netflix!

This past Saturday, Japan LA and Royal/T collaborated on a themed party called ‘Diamond in the Sky’, or “SHINY PARTY!” for short. I love the Royal/T space and it was a lot of fun to see people dressed up in glitter, sequins and various other shiny materials. The djs got everybody dancing and the dance circles were definitely one of my favorite things from that night!

Japan LA set up a temporary store inside the cafe, and built a tower of Hello Kitty! (seen in above photo) It became a popular back drop for photo ops.

It didn’t get as crowded as I thought it would, which is kind of a good thing– but there were definitely enough people that showed up to call it a pretty fabulous party.

They were serving some party food and I had the vegetable quesidilla and the beef skewers. The quesidilla was my favorite and I also had a pomegranate martini. I did a sake shot with a friend, who ended up almost dying from it! You know your friends love you when they’re willing to die just to make you happy (since I demanded she do it with me!). Even my boyfriend had fun, admitting that he would never have known about these types of events if it weren’t for me. I made him a shiny, silk vest to match my dress.

We didn’t leave until the party actually ended and the boyfriend and I headed to Johnny’s pastrami on Sepulveda for a late, late night dinner. We ordered a pastrami sandwich to split between us (they’re huge), french fries and a slice of apple pie. Best way to end the night!